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Iowa Business Report Wednesday EditionJun. 04, 2025       Doug Fricke of the World Pork Expo, which brings thousands of pork producers to the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines each year. 

As promised, President Trump is raising tariffs on aluminum and steel. Iowa Senator Charles Grassley supports whole milk on school menus and the World Pork Expo opens tomorrow at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. 

Registration is open for the 2025 World Pork Expo, hosted by the National Pork Producers Council. This year’s Expo will take place June 4-5 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We begin both hours pf today's Big Show from the Iowa State Fairgrounds with the sounds of tractors! Starting the show, a 1/4 Scale Pulling Tractor built by Iowa State Students with Titan tires! At noon, it's the sounds of a champion restored tractor at the fair from Pella Christian! Scott and Kim from Titan Tire join us along with Farm Rescue, Chuckie's Tenderloins, FFA State Officers, Iowa Pork Producers, Astro Buildings, Biolevel, and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation!

The World Pork Expo is taking place at the Iowa State Fairgrounds! Bob Quinn is talking with some of the movers and shakers in the pork industry! Joining him from the Crystal Studio is Iowa Pork Public Policy Director Ben Nuelle, Iowa Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Grant Menke, 2024 Iowa Pork Queen Lilly Bru, NPPC Assistant VP of Domestic Policy Chase Adams, Joyce Hoppes from IPPA, N. Carolina and Virginia Pork Councils CEO Roy Lee Lindsey, David Newman from NPB, and some young folks in the IPPA Youth Ambassador program! It's a packed show all about pork that you won't want to miss!

The biggest pork expo in the world is about to begin at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Doug Fricke with the National Pork Producers Council says they are excited for the June 5th and 6th show at the 2024 World Pork Expo.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recently we attended the Iowa Cattlemen's Beef Expo at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. We were there to visit with cattle producers and take in the trade show. One of the booths that caught our attention was filled with very detailed images of farm and ranch scenes. So fine that, at first we thought they were photographs.  But, no...it is art work created by the very talented livestock illustrator CJ Brown.  CJ not only creates these amazing portraits but she also writes books and loves to talk about beef production in the U.S. You can see her work here but first, listen to her story. Thanks for listening! The award winning Insight on Business the News Hour with Michael Libbie is the only weekday business news podcast in the Midwest. The national, regional and some local business news along with long-form business interviews can be heard Monday - Friday. You can subscribe on  PlayerFM, Podbean, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or TuneIn Radio. And you can catch The Business News Hour Week in Review each Sunday Noon Central on News/Talk 1540 KXEL. The Business News Hour is a production of Insight Advertising, Marketing & Communications. You can follow us on Twitter @IoB_NewsHour...and on Threads @Insight_On_Business.

Monday's Second Hour: Bob Quinn is celebrating National Pork Month with the Iowa Pork Producers Association in Clive, IA! To open the hour, he talks with Dr. David Newman, Sr. Vice President for Market Growth at the National Pork Board, about the export demand for pork worldwide and some of their research into health and nutrition potential for pork. IPPA Marketing Programs Director Kelsey Sutter about the newly-crowned champion of the 2023 Iowa's Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin contest. IPPA Communications Director Kevin Hall tells us more about the Purchase Moore Hamann Bacon NIL deal and the posters featuring the ISU football players. We catch up with IPPA CEO Pat McGonegle tells us about the success of the new Pork Tent building at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. We close the day with Jamey Kohake from Paragon Investments with some targets for grain markets as we approach the close.

As the state fair kicks off its 169th year, students from all corners of the state congregate to the Iowa State Fairgrounds to eat deep-fried [insert food here], ride fair attractions, and enjoy the free shows and entertainment. Many people, even in the most agricultural affluent state in the country, may not know of the animal showings that run all week long brought by 4-H and FFA chapters from the entire state.  While rural Iowa may know the animal showings brought from their communities from students that raised them, many urban area students may not even know a competition like this exists in their city. Des Moines Public Schools started Central Campus to guide students from the five Des Moines Public High Schools to sharpen them for technical degrees and development after graduation. The Environmental & Agricultural Sciences Academy instructor, Kevin Anderson, invited the GROW Podcast and podcast host, Ashley Kaldenberg, to talk about how agriculture can be better marketed to urban based youth.  Highlights from this episode:  With the rising labor problems in the ag industry, it's going to be important to span into urban areas with agriculture.  Getting urban based kids exposure to agriculture opens the door for all the areas of interest in the ag industry.  Show notes:  Central Campus  Connect with us  Watch The Episode

Welcome to the weekend!This is Stephen Colbert from the Gazette Digital News Desk, and I'm here with your update for Saturday, August 12th, and Sunday, August 13th, 2023.According to the National Weather Service, temperatures on Saturday will be mostly sunny with a high near 89, cooling to a low around 63 Saturday evening.Sunday will be Partly sunny, with a high near 86 and a 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm before cooling to 63 Sunday night with showers and a chance of thunderstorms.Making sweet corn sweeter is on the plate of Iowa State researchersSummer is the smell of cut grass, weekend barbecues and — especially in Iowa — the taste of sweet corn, which few people know better than Alan Myers.An Iowa State University professor of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology since 1987, Myers has made it his mission to make sweet corn sweeter.The most recent USDA-funded sweet corn research, run through the University of Florida, offered scientists $8 million to — among other things — develop new breeding tools, improve early-season tolerance and determine factors driving consumer preference.The $800 million in American sweet corn grown annually accounts for about 1 percent of the country's corn production — which is dominated by field corn. Sweet corn consumption has been trending down for decades.Sweet corn is being celebrated this weekend at the annual St. Jude's Catholic Church Sweet Corn Festival in northwest Cedar Rapids, where volunteers have shucked some 18,000 ears of corn to prepare.Festivities include carnival rides, entertainment, games and food — including, of course, hot buttered ears of sweet corn.Chuck Grassley: ‘It's about time' for Hunter Biden special counselIowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said Friday he welcomes the appointment of a special counsel for the investigation into Hunter Biden, the president's son, but said he has reservations about the person selected for the post due to concerns about political bias in the U.S. Justice Department and the appointment of U.S. Attorney David Weiss of Delaware as the special counsel.Weiss, a U.S. attorney appointed by former President Donald Trump, was already leading an investigation into Hunter Biden about alleged unpaid federal taxes and an alleged gun possession crime. A plea deal between the prosecution and Hunter Biden's attorneys fell apart last month when a judge rejected the deal.“I have some questions about Weiss doing it, because Johnson and I sent all of this material we had … in regard to the payments that were made to Hunter Biden, and we don't know what they did with them," Grassley said.Republican candidates flock to Iowa State Fair's opening dayFor the next 10 days, the Iowa State Fairgrounds will be the center of the battle for the Republican nomination for president.The fair is virtually mandatory for anyone running for president as a Republican, a chance to meet voters from across the state, sample various foods on sticks and exhibit the retail politicking vital to winning support in the first-in-the-nation caucus state.Four candidates visited the fair Thursday, and a dozen more, including Democrats and a Libertarian, are expected to visit later.Former Vice President Mike Pence drew the largest crowd Thursday at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox, where he implored several dozen people that it was time to “restore a threshold of civility in public life.”California radio talk show host Larry Elder kicked off Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' “Fair-Side Chats” at JR's Southwest Pork Ranch. The chats will be a series of discussions Reynolds will be holding throughout the fair with most presidential candidates.After flipping burgers and chops at the Iowa Pork Tent, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum brought his focus on energy, economy and national...

Bob Quinn continues the broadcast from the Cattlemen's Beef Quarters at the Iowa State Fairgrounds chatting with kids who are already hard at work showing livestock today. David Geiger has a special report for us this afternoon with EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pesticide Programs Jake Li looking at ensuring compliance for herbicides. We wrap up with Don Roose from US Commodities looking at the ag futures marketplace and where he sees them going in the next couple of weeks.

Today is the last day of the World Pork Expo! David Geiger is back at the Iowa State Fairgrounds joined to start the hour by NPPC Director of Trade Show Marketing Doug Fricke discussing the highlights from the past few days of food, exhibitors, and fun and we get an estimate of just how many people were in attendance. David also has a conversation with US Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialist Joe Scheele discussing the importance of monitoring for potential foreign animal diseases coming into the country and the process of training Beagle Brigade dogs to identify scents of items not allowed into the country. Don Roose wraps up The Big Show for the week with an update of how markets are reacting to today's WASDE Report with corn in the red, soybeans stronger.

We are at the Iowa State Fairgrounds where World Pork Expo is underway. First, we talk corn industry with NCGA president Tom Haag. Then we have a Pork Week Farmer Forum featuring Iowa Pork Producer Association president Trish Cook, plus producers Matt Romoser of Iowa and Pat Hord of Ohio.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Live from the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Simon chats with Drew Klein of Americans for Prosperity, Senator Joni Ernst, Governor Kim Reynolds, Ryan Binkley and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Live from the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Simon talks to the likes of Nikki Haley, Marianette Miller-Meeks, Perry Johnson, Tim Scott, Drew Klein, Asa Hutchinson and Larry Elder.

It's not every day there is an opportunity to ride a motorcycle alongside a U.S. senator, but on June 3, hundreds of Americans will do just that.Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, is hosting her annual Roast and Ride Saturday. Motorcyclists are invited to join Ernst in a ride to the Iowa State Fairgrounds to enjoy some BBQ are hear from 2024 presidential hopefuls, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, political commentator Larry Elder, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and former Vice President Mike Pence, who has yet to formally announce his bid for president. In addition to the Roast and Ride, Ernst joins the "Problematic Women" podcast to discuss why she and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., are fighting to end a Pentagon policy that uses taxpayer money to help cover the costs associated with abortion.Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're rolling along with our Farming for the Future Friday program with the Coalition to Support Iowa's Farmers and the Iowa Pork Producers Association! IPPA CEO Pat McGonegle gives his pitch for people interested in getting into the pork industry and talks about promoting exporting pork to overseas markets. Kody Havens with the Coalition dives into the things he talks with farmers about when he visits their farm to make a game plan for what they need on their farm. Cory Van Gilst, Producer Outreach Director with the IPPA, tells us what got him interested in working in the pork industry and what the Pork Producers do to help local communities including Pork in the Pantry. We close up shop for the week with Hannah Spurr, IPPA Consumer Outreach Director, with an update on the progress of the new Iowa Pork Tent at the Iowa State Fairgrounds!

The 2023 World Pork Expo, organized by the National Pork Producers Council, will be held at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, from June 7-9.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's time for the Iowa Beef Expo and Bob Quinn is at the Iowa Beef Industry Council booth at the Iowa State Fairgrounds and is joined by Kylie Peterson of the Iowa Beef Industry Council to kickoff off this year's search for the best burger in Iowa! IBIC CEO Mike Anderson tells us about what's happening on his family's operation and discusses the Best Burger contest. Tanner Lawton from the IBIC gives a status update on auctions taking place at the Beef Expo and says sales are flat to slightly higher than last year's. Jamey Kohake from Paragon Investments runs down the markets with us with corn and soybeans mixed at mid-day. The Steffes Group's Tim Meyer gets us up to date on their upcoming sale schedule and talks about the upward move in markets in the last couple of weeks.

We are a Word-centered church planted on the East side of Des Moines, Iowa. Join along as our church plant Pastor Brad Pausley dives into 1 Peter 2:11-17 discussing submission to government. And what that looks like as we recently experienced the election cycle. We would love to have you visit sometime at a church service on the East-side of Des Moines. Church starts at 10:30 every Sunday at 1701 E. 33rd between the Iowa State Fairgrounds and Grandview Park. Please subscribe if you enjoy our content and share with any friends or family you think would enjoy an uplifting message. Recorded 11/06/2022

This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Thursday, October 27.It will be another pleasant fall day on Thursday. According to the National Weather Service it will be partly sunny in the Cedar Rapids area with a high near 58 degrees. On Thursday night it will be partly cloudy, with a low of around 37 degrees.Art Sathoff, the recently retired superintendent of the Indianola Community School District, was named Wednesday as the interim superintendent of the Cedar Rapids Community School District.The vote was 6-1, with Dexter Merschbrock opposed. He did not give an explanation from the dais of his vote.Former Superintendent Noreen Bush, 51, died Sunday. She was diagnosed with cancer more than two years ago. Friends and colleagues said Bush was a “rock star,” “leader among leaders” and a “model for doing what's right for kids.”Bush went on family medical leave in September. The school board approved her resignation letter last month, effective June 30, setting in motion a superintendent search process.Former president Donald Trump is coming to Iowa next month to campaign for the Republicans on the ballot, and, presumably, himself.Trump plans to hold a campaign rally at Sioux City's Gateway Airport on Thursday, Nov. 3 — just five days before Election Day, the Trump campaign announced Wednesday.Trump plans to deliver remarks in support of his effort to advance his agenda and to energize voters to support Republican candidates Trump has endorsed, including Grassley and Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, the Trump campaign said.Trump's last visit to Iowa was just more than a year ago: he endorsed Grassley — to a mixed reaction from the crowd gathered at the Iowa State Fairgrounds — during a rally last October.This time, Trump will be speaking in the hometown of Mike Franken, the Democratic opponent who is running closer to Grassley than any of Grassley's previous six re-election opponents, according to polling and fundraising. A recent Mediacom/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll said Franken was within 3 percentage points of Grassley, who won his previous six re-election bids by an average of 35 points.Navigator Heartland Greenway this week became the second developer of a carbon dioxide sequestration pipeline to ask Iowa regulars to allow it to use eminent domain to force landowners to sell it easements for the underground hazardous pipeline route.In a filing Tuesday with the three-member Iowa Utilities Board, Navigator asked for a permit to build its C02 pipeline from Northwest to Southeast Iowa for 811 miles.Early this year, another CO2 pipeline developer — Summit Carbon Solutions — also asked regulators to allow it to use eminent domain to build its pipeline through 30 Iowa counties in Northern and Western Iowa, according to its permit application.Developers of CO2 pipelines stand to get billions of dollars in tax subsidies.Iowa law gives the Iowa Utilities Board authority to allow eminent domain for things like electric transmission lines and underground pipelines. To be granted this power, municipal governments or private companies must show their projects serve a public use. If the power of eminent domain is granted, a county compensation commission determines fair market value for the properties.

We are a Word-centered church planted on the East side of Des Moines, Iowa. Join along as our church plant guest speaker Trey Parrot dives into Isaiah 49. We would love to have you visit sometime at a church service on the East-side of Des Moines. Church starts at 10:30 every Sunday at 1701 E. 33rd between the Iowa State Fairgrounds and Grandview Park. Please subscribe if you enjoy our content and share with any friends or family you think would enjoy an uplifting message. Recorded 10/23/2022

We are a Word-centered church planted on the East side of Des Moines, Iowa. Join along as our church plant guest speaker Georgie Filber dives into 1 Peter 2:3-8. We would love to have you visit sometime at a church service on the East-side of Des Moines. Church starts at 10:30 every Sunday at 1701 E. 33rd between the Iowa State Fairgrounds and Grandview Park. Please subscribe if you enjoy our content and share with any friends or family you think would enjoy an uplifting message. Recorded 10/16/2022

Can Jana & Pumpkin find love 40 feet above the Iowa State Fairgrounds? It's Ken & Kurt's Skyglider Speed Dating

Can Jana & Pumpkin find love 40 feet above the Iowa State Fairgrounds? It's Ken & Kurt's Skyglider Speed Dating

In the newest episode of season 4, the ladies of Luminol Cocktail are visiting their youth in the form of carnivals. While they discuss funnel cakes and elephant ears as well as cotton candy, they also cover two gruesome cases that feature carnivals/fairs. Tiffany starts us off with the horrendous crimes committed by James Michael Wright who took the lives of three young women Athena Hopson, 25, Joycelyn M. Alsup, 17 & Elizabeth Marie Vanmeter, 22. Lindsey takes us to the Iowa State Fairgrounds where Bobie and Marilyn Blewer were murdered by a past employee. As they talk, the ladies are happily enjoying cotton candy margaritas. If you would like to get more content check out our first responder's unit links below! Facebook Instagram Patreon --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/luminol-cocktail/support

This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Thursday, March 10. It looks like the snow that was predicted for Thursday earlier in the week could be heading mostly to the south. Still, according to the National Weather Service, there will be a 30 percent chance of snow, mainly between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Otherwise it will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 28 degrees. The chance for snow will taper off even further Thursday night, with a low around 15 degrees. As a sneak peek, it looks like we'll have to deal with cold weather a few more days before bumping back up to above 50 degrees on Sunday. Kim Reynolds finally made it official Wednesday: She's running in November's election for another four-year term as Iowa's governor. The Republican governor made her re-election announcement at an event hosted by her campaign Wednesday night at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Her remarks were a mixture of her record in Iowa with criticisms of federal Democrats' policies. “As long as I am governor, Iowa will be a state where you can live your life freely, not have to wake up every morning worrying about the next thing the government will do to you, your business or your children,” Reynolds said during the rally. Iowa's first female governor, Reynolds has served in the office since 2017, initially filling the unexpired term of then-Gov. Terry Branstad, who was named U.S. ambassador to China. Reynolds ran for election to a full term in 2018, winning against Democrat businessman Fred Hubbell. Iowa reported a significant drop in new COVID-19 cases in the past week as the state enters its third year of the pandemic. The Iowa Department of Public Health reported 1,746 new coronavirus cases in the past seven days, a major decline from the 6,809 cases reported the previous week, according to data released Wednesday. This major shift comes as Iowa emerges from the omicron surge, which peaked Jan. 19 with 38,574 new cases reported in one week. The Iowa City school board this week began considering the benefits and impact a four-day school week would have on student learning, families and staff. Though the district has no plans to move to a four-day week at this time, Superintendent Matt Degner told the board at its meeting on Tuesday the idea “has the potential to create a better outcome for our students.” With a four-day school week, the school year would start earlier in August and extend to the end of June, which could lessen “summer slide” — the loss of achievements made during the school year — Degner said. The current school calendar, which begins after Aug. 23 and ends around Memorial Day in May, is “based on the old agriculture calendar,”  School board members expressed interest in the idea and some concerns, including meeting the needs of special education students and retaining hourly staff like paraeducators. The impact on child care and summer camps also must be considered, they said. Support for this news update was provided by New Pioneer Food Co-op. Celebrating 50 years as Eastern Iowa's destination for locally and responsibly sourced groceries with stores in Iowa City, Coralville and Cedar Rapids; and online through Co-op Cart athttp://www.newpi.coop/ ( newpi.coop).

This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6. It's going to be a taste of spring this weekend, with a return to the cold the following week. According to the National Weather Service there will be a high near 65 degrees in the Cedar Rapids area on Saturday. Keeping with the spring feel, there will also be rain and thunderstorms likely, with showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3 p.m. There will also be a chance for showers and thunderstorms Saturday night, with wind gusts as fast as 45 mph. The low will be around 31 degrees. Sunday will be colder and calmer. It is predicted to be partly sunny, with a high near 45 degrees. There could be a chance for rain and snow Sunday night, with a low around 30 degrees. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' campaign arm is planning a “special event” that could be the official kickoff of her re-election campaign. The Reynolds campaign announced Friday it will hold a rally Wednesday at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. The announcement does not say what Reynolds will talk about at the event. Reynolds, a Republican, is up for re-election this fall. She has not yet officially announced her desire to seek another four years as Iowa governor, but is widely expected to do so. This year, Democrats have just one active candidate to challenge a potential Reynolds run: Deidre DeJear, a Des Moines businesswoman who ran for Iowa secretary of state in 2018. More than 1,000 tickets have been sold for the Russian Ballet Theatre's performance of “Swan Lake” on Sunday evening at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Cedar Rapids. Michael Silva, executive director of VenuWorks of Cedar Rapids, said via email that he is “not aware of any mass refund requests” in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As a precaution against any backlash or protests, he said Cedar Rapids police will be on hand for the performance, but he does not expect there to be any disturbances. “This troupe has recently played the theaters in both Davenport and Dubuque, and we are hearing that the performance was beautiful and the messages about peace have been well received by the public,” Silva said. The Iowa Department of Public Safety is asking the Iowa Legislature for $385,000 to take the “final steps” in outfitting all Iowa State Patrol troopers with body cameras. If lawmakers approve use of the Technology Reinvestment Fund for equipment installation and licensing of software, troopers could be using the body cameras in a year, Public Safety Commissioner Stephan Bayens said. The agency that stops more than 150,000 motorists a year, provides security at the state Capitol and staffs high-profile events like RAGBRAI will benefit from body cameras, according to a briefing document prepared for the Legislature. The agency will seek competitive bids for the cameras, which cost between $600 and $1,000, and for data storage.  Support for this news update was provided by New Pioneer Food Co-op. Celebrating 50 years as Eastern Iowa's destination for locally and responsibly sourced groceries with stores in Iowa City, Coralville and Cedar Rapids; and online through Co-op Cart athttp://www.newpi.coop/ ( newpi.coop).

It's the 13th year we've partnered with the Iowa Cattlemen's Association and the Iowa Beef Industry Council to find the best 100 percent beef burger in the state of Iowa, and today Kylie Peterson and Anna Haestert join Bob LIVE at the Winter Beef Expo at the Iowa State Fairgrounds for the kick-off. PLUS Jamey Kohake's expert market analysis AND the Three Big Things You Need to Know.

Zach Bogle started a current events wrestling outlet called Stalemates in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. With no wrestling, what else did wrestling people get to do to try to stay busy? It was like an extended offseason. Enter Bogle and Stalemates, which summed up the “Twitter tea” with weekly episodes, guests, goofy memes and a general breath of fresh air the wrestling world needed.  Stalemates also ushered in another wrestling card concept, with a lot of former wrestlers and weekend warriors mixing things up in the Stalemates Street League. The second iteration will be coming October 29 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. Fans can subscribe to Stalemates via Patreon (patreon.com/stalemates) to watch for $3.99. We get a little bit into Bogle's wrestling background and the Stalemates origin story before talking bout social media, wrestling and general goofiness as most wrestling people do.  Links to Follow Daily Wrestling Newsletter: https://www.mattalkonline.com/news Contribute: https://www.mattalkonline.com/contribute Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mattalkonline Rokfin: https://www.rokfin.com/creator/mattalkonline The Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Sportswear: https://www.mattalkonline.com/compound Quick Subscribe: https://www.Podfollow.com/shorttime Short Time Wrestling Podcast: Episode 679 - October 25, 2021

Zach Bogle started a current events wrestling outlet called Stalemates in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. With no wrestling, what else did wrestling people get to do to try to stay busy? It was like an extended offseason. Enter Bogle and Stalemates, which summed up the “Twitter tea” with weekly episodes, guests, goofy memes and a general breath of fresh air the wrestling world needed. Stalemates also ushered in another wrestling card concept, with a lot of former wrestlers and weekend warriors mixing things up in the Stalemates Street League. The second iteration will be coming October 29 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. Fans can subscribe to Stalemates via Patreon (patreon.com/stalemates) to watch for $3.99. We get a little bit into Bogle's wrestling background and the Stalemates origin story before talking bout social media, wrestling and general goofiness as most wrestling people do. Links to FollowDaily Wrestling Newsletter: https://www.mattalkonline.com/newsContribute: https://www.mattalkonline.com/contributePatreon: https://www.patreon.com/mattalkonlineRokfin: https://www.rokfin.com/creator/mattalkonlineThe Short Time Time Wrestling Podcast is proudly supported by Compound Sportswear: https://www.mattalkonline.com/compound
Quick Subscribe: https://www.Podfollow.com/shorttimeShort Time Wrestling Podcast: Episode 679 - October 25, 2021

This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Wednesday, October 20. It should be another nice fall day Wednesday, with a chance for some rain in the afternoon and evening. For the most part the National Weather Service is predicting mostly sunny skies in the Cedar Rapids area with a high near 71 degrees. Rain looks to be most likely between noon and 6 p.m. The low is predicted to be 48 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. Federal agents conducted a search in New Sharon on Tuesday in a firearms investigation, but the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation assisted in case there was a connection to the Xavior Harrelson death investigation. The search warrant was obtained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for a property in New Sharon in connection with a firearms violation case. The DCI indicated they participated in the search due to the proximity to where Harrelson went missing, but this is particularly curious because investigators have not released the cause of death, yet. Last Friday, nearly five months after the 11-year-old Harrelson was reported missing from a Montezuma mobile home park where he lived with his mother, authorities confirmed that human remains found in a nearby farm field were of the boy. The drama surrounding hospitals potentially being built in North Liberty continues.  A Johnson County surgical group is posturing to sue member surgeons associated with Steindler Orthopedic Clinic, accusing them of violating a no-compete agreement by seeking state permission to build a new surgery center in what could become a new medical hub in North Liberty. Johnson County Surgical Investors made its threat — and other arguments — in a letter urging the State Health Facilities Council to deny Steindler a “certificate of need” to build a $17.9 million ambulatory surgery center on 36 acres near the Interstate 380 interchange with Forevergreen Road. Johnson County Surgical Investors and Iowa City Ambulatory Surgical Center — a 13-year-old multi-specialty center jointly owned by the Johnson County group and Mercy Hospital in Iowa City — argue the Steindler development in North Liberty is not only unnecessary but unlawful. Their arguments are tied, largely, to a relationship between Steindler and the Iowa City surgical center giving 13 Steindler physicians “active medical staff privileges” at the center — located just a half mile from where Steindler is now in Iowa City. According to the letter, because those 13 are physicians and owners of both Steindler and Johnson County Surgical Investors, they signed agreements not to own, operate, manage, finance, lease or invest in any other ambulatory surgical center in Johnson County. According to reporting in the Washington Post, Iowa authorities are investigating multiple threats — including one of lynching — that Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Ross Wilburn received soon after writing an op-ed earlier this month critical of former President Donald Trump. Wilburn wrote the opinion piece published in the Des Moines Register ahead of Trump's Oct. 9 rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. In it Wilburn accused Iowa Republicans of putting their loyalty to Trump ahead of Iowans' needs. Wilburn received two phone messages from a restricted number, and one left in his Legislature email's inbox. Only the first voicemail included a violent threat of lynching, but all three included explicit and racist language Wilburn said that while it is difficult to identify people in these cases, he intends to press charges if they are found. Iowa's Republican Senators both condemned the messages. Be sure to subscribe to The Gazette Daily news podcast, or just tell your Amazon Alexa enabled device to “enable The Gazette Daily News skill" so you can get your daily briefing by simply saying “Alexa, what's the news? If you prefer podcasts, you can also find us on iTunes or wherever else you find your Podcasts. Support this podcast

This weeks episode we traveled to the Iowa State Fairgrounds to interview Trump Supporters during the Trump "Save America" Rally. We run into Uncle "Jam" along with many other "Patriots" making wild conspiracy claims about Joe Biden. We conduct a Supreme Court of Horror Movie Villains and we try to figure out the difference between Jodie Foster and Jamie Lee Curtis. We go "viral" on Tik Tok and gain a new audience while also going to War with Tik Tok!

This is John McGlothlen with The Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Monday, Oct. 11th. According to the National Weather Service, we can expect showers and possibly a thunderstorm today. The high will be near 65. Winds from the northeast 10 to 15 mph then from the northwest in the afternoon, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Rainfall amounts up to one inch are possible. Then tonight, a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10 p.m., then a slight chance of showers between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. The low should be around 52. Former President Donald Trump came to Iowa Saturday for a rally attended by thousands at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. It was his first public appearance in Iowa since just before the 2020 election. During more than two hours of remarks at Saturday night's rally, Trump showed no indication he has any intention of relinquishing his assault on those 2020 election results with his false claims of voter fraud. Early in his remarks he claimed that the election was “rigged.” Gov. Kim Reynolds, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, U.S. Reps. Ashley Hinson and Mariannette Miller-Meeks, and former acting U.S. Attorney General Matt Whitaker all spoke earlier in the event. The Hawkeyes moved to No. 2 in the Associated Press Poll following their nail-biting 23-20 win over Penn State Saturday. It's their highest ranking in the AP Poll since the 1985 season when Iowa was ranked No. 1 for all of October. With 6:26 left in the game, Spencer Petras threw a touchdown pass to Nico Ragaini who, despite being hit by an Penn State linebacker, landed on the inside of an end zone pylon for the score. Get hot takes, newsletter exclusives, weekly food reviews and more in our weekly Hawk Off The Press newsletter. Sign up today at thegazette.com/hawkoffthepress Support this podcast

Listen back to our coverage of The Governor's Charity Steer Show on August 14th from the Pavilion at the Iowa State Fairgrounds!

Many conferences and conventions lost a year at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic but very few lost two. However, that was the case for the World Pork Expo. After shutting its doors in 2019 due to concerns about African swine fever in Asia, and then canceling its 2020 event due to the pandemic, the World Pork Expo is now set to hold its event, in person, from June 9 to 11 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. The event, sponsored by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), will consist of a trade show, educational seminars, industry updates and opportunities for networking. The guest on this week's MEAT+POULTRY podcast is Doug Fricke, director of trade show marketing at the NPPC and the World Pork Expo. Fricke described the steps that World Pork Expo organizers took to get the in-person event off the ground and how new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines were implemented to ensure the safety of all attendees and participants. He also outlined how international companies, many of which are still deciding on whether or not to travel, will be able to interact with and participate in the World Pork Expo. Fricke also explained how he handled the last two years of preparing for events and how COVID-19 will affect trade shows going forward. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/meatpoultry-podcast/message

Thursday on AOA NMPF’s Shawna Morris explains the USMCA dispute settlement process over Canada’s dairy policy, AFBF’s Dale Moore discusses the debate over increases in conservation funding, CHS market analyst Kent Beadle gives his market outlook and World Pork Expo manager Doug Fricke previews next month’s event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.  

Brandon Scholz, Executive Director of the WI Grocers Association, says that pandemic related challenges continue in Wisconsin.  Grocers are getting "shorted" on requested orders, and the battle for employees continues. World Pork Expo returns to the Iowa State Fairgrounds after a two year absence.  Keri Retallick, executive director of the Wisconsin Pork Association, says her members welcome the chance to reconnect. The lack of rain in the western corn belt is being noticed in this weeks crop progress report.  John Hineberg, market advisor with Total Farm Marketing in West Bend, brings us the market update. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 'Special Edition' of the Iowa State Fair continues on this Saturday afternoon broadcast live from the Iowa State Fairgrounds! We speak with youth exhibitors, Iowa FFA State Officers, Iowa 4-H Livestock Interns, and Iowa State Fair Staff.